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Roman general and politician (236/235 – c. 183 BC)

For other uses, see Scipio Africanus (disambiguation) and Publius Cornelius Scipio.

Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (, , Latin:[ˈskiːpioː]; 236/235–c. 183 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who was one of the main architects of Rome's victory against Carthage in the Second Punic War. Often regarded as one of the greatest military commanders and strategists of all time, his greatest military achievement was the defeat of Hannibal at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. This victory in Africa earned him the honorific epithet Africanus, literally meaning 'the African', but meant to be understood as a conqueror of Africa.

Scipio's conquest of Carthaginian Iberia culminated in the Battle of Ilipa in 206 BC against Hannibal's brother Mago Barca. Although considered a hero by the långnovell people, primarily for his victories against Carthage, Scipio had many opponents, especially Cato the Elder, wh

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d. 211 BC

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Publius Cornelius Scipio (called Cornelius Scipio) was the father of the famous Scipio Africanus, and the brother of Cnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (called Calvus). All three Scipios were important generals during the Second Punic War. Although it was the younger Scipio who demonstrated the greatest skill as a general, and finally drove Hannibal out of Africa, his father and uncle were consuls during the early years of the war, and both died in Spain in 211 B.C. in separate engagements.

As soon as Scipio was informed of Hannibal's march over the Rhone, he sailed with an army to Massilia (now Marsailles) to meet them, but was too late. He sent part of his army to Spain under his brother Calvus's command, with instructions to hold the Spanish Carthaginians in check and disrupt Hannibal's supply lines. He then returned, himself, with the remainder of his army to Italy to raise more

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Publius Cornelius Scipio (consul 218 BC)

Roman general and statesman (died 211 BC)

This article is about the Roman consul of 218 BC. For other men with this name, see Publius Cornelius Scipio (disambiguation).

Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC) was a general and statesman of the Roman Republic and the father of Scipio Africanus.

A member of the Corneliagens, Scipio served as consul in 218 BC, the first year of the Second Punic War.^[1] At the outbreak of the war, he was ordered to conduct the war effort in the Iberian Peninsula and confront Hannibal himself, while his fellow consul Tiberius Sempronius Longus was allocated Sicily and Africa. Scipio was given permission to recruit two Roman legions,^[a] 14,000 allied infantry, 1,600 allied cavalry and given 60 quinqueremes.^[3] He sailed with his army from Pisa with the intention of confronting Hannibal in Hispania.^[4] Stopping at Massalia (today Marseille) to replenish his supplie